Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who haven't been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you'll see no body outlaws. The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue on ...
In more than 20 candid and humorous essays, a diverse group of women explore how they have chosen to ignore, subvert, or redefine the standard of beauty. These women break down modern culture's feminine ideal and reinvent it for themselves.
Body Outlaws collects a wide range of essays that give collective voice to the first feminist generation to consciously repudiate the dominant beauty standard in order to feel at home in their bodies. Writers like Nomy Lamm and Lisa Jervis (editor of Bitch magazine) explore new paradigms of women who use their bodies as symbols of power, sites of ...
Astrotwins Tali and Ophira Edut, the official astrologers for "Teen People" magazine, wrestle down the big issues in teenage life in the first guide to astrology that is both hip and helpful.
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